Quiz Practice Holy Family BNS Askea

1: Which creature has the largest eyes in the world? The giant squid.2: What colour is a lobster’s blood? Blue.3: What is the loudest noise made by an animal? The blue whale’s whistle.

4: How many eyelids does a camel have? Three.5: Are elephants afraid of mice? No. Ants and bees- yes!6: Which is the most venomous snake? Belcher’s Sea Snake.7: What is the Italian word for writing scrawled on walls? Graffiti.

8 Yellow-Green-Brown, which is the next colour you play in snooker? Blue. Then the Pink and the Black!9: Which disaster hit London in 1666, a year after the great plague? The Great Fire of London.10: What is the name for the technique of sliding down a rope on a steep rock slope? Abseiling. 11: Is the Sun a star? Yes. [99.9% of the solar system!]12: In Morse code what do the letters dot dot dot dash dash dash dot dot dot mean? SOS 13: Which race of people used a form of writing called Ogham? The Celts.14: Tigger, Eeyore and Piglet are all friends of which bear? Winnie the Pooh.15: How many red balls are on a table at the start of a snooker game? Fifteen. [22 in total. 1 white, yellow, green, brown, blue, pink and black.] 16: Where in your body are your vertebrae ? Backbone or spine.17: Americans call it the sidewalk. What do we call it? Pavement.

18: Which sea lies between Poland, Sweden and Finland? The Baltic Sea.19: Whose summer residence is Castel Gandolfo near Rome? The Pope.20: Ann Hathaway was the wife of which famous writer? William Shakespeare.

21: What is the name of Elvis Presley’s mansion? Graceland.

22: What is the name of the spaceship that Captain James Kirk commands, in the series Star Trek? USS Enterprise.23: Which racist American organisation has the initials K.K.K.? Ku Klux Klan.24: According to a 2013 UNICEF survey, which children are the happiest in the world? Dutch children. [No homework in primary school! No tests for under tens and you cycle to school!]25: Name the Baltic states. Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.26: What sort of dogs are used to pull sleighs in the Artic? Husky dogs.27: Which mountainous European country is divided into areas known as cantons? Switzerland.28: What is the English name for the Italian city Firenze? Florence.

29: Which organisation has the motto “Fidelity, Bravery, Integrity” that fits its initials? F.B.I. [Federal Bureau of Investigation.]30: According to the proverb what happens to a fool and his money? They are soon parted.31: In 1978 the body of which famous silent screen comedian was stolen from a graveyard and held for ransom? Charlie Chaplin.32: Who was the first American to orbit the Earth?

John Glenn. 33: Sonny Liston lost his heavy weight title to Cassius Clay in 1964. What did Cassius Clay later change his name to? Muhammad Ali. 34: What is the most common name in the world? Muhammad.35: In which country was Albert Einstein born? Germany.36: Otto Von Bismarck was responsible for unifying which country? Germany.

37: Name the two countries involved in the Falklands war? Britain and Argentina.38: Name the Danish shoemakers son who went on to become one of the world’s greatest storytellers? Hans Christian Andersen.

39: Name the children’s building block invented by Ole Kirk Christiansen? Lego. [World’s largest manufacturer of tyres!]40: What was the stage name of Ehrich Weiss, a famous Hungarian-American escape artist? Harry Houdini.41: What do butterflies taste with? Their feet.42: What is the only other animal besides human that can stand on its head? The Asian Elephant.43: How many hearts has an earthworm? 544: What easy walking activity that Kangaroos and Emus cannot do? Walk backwards.45: Clinophobia is a fear of what? Going to bed.

46: Cyberphobia is a fear of what? Computers.47: What is the only sport to have been played on the moon? Golf.48: How old is the Universe? 14 billion years approx.49: What is the only food that never spoils? Honey.50: Which is the only planet that rotates clockwise? Venus.51: How much matter does the Sun make up of our solar system? 99.9%52: Reputedly, what is the most number of times you can fold a dry square of paper? 753: How many times does your heart beat in an average day?Over 100,000 times.54: Where does outer space start? Roughly 100 km above the Earth. Also known as “The Karman line.”55: Soccer is the most popular sport in the world. What is the second most popular sport in the world? Cricket.56: What was the first novel to be written on a type writer? Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain.57: In a deck of cards, who is the only King without a moustache? The King of Hearts.58: In a deck of cards who is the only King that does not have a sword? The King of Diamonds.59: How many paintings did Vincent Van Gogh sell in his lifetime? One.60: Who invented the wheelbarrow? The Chinese.